Gerald Pillsbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 225012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Pillsbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Pillsbury |
| SIGNATURE | PILLSBURY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
First-Person Singular and Plural: Strategies for Managing Ego- And Sociocentrism in Four Basketball Teams
John Hewitt has argued that because American culture sees individualism and collectivism as two valued but opposed alternatives, it encourages Americans to construct their identities pragmatically. This study examines the specific forms that pragmatic strategy takes in a collectivist context: membership on a basketball team. Using a semiotic conception of self, the author analyzes team members' use of personal pronouns. Taking "I" to indicate an …
Creating the plural self: Athletic teams’ use of members’ bodies
Galatzer‐Levy and Cohler's (1993) definition of “ self” allows for the possibility of a “ plural self,” that is, moments when an individual locates the center of initiative for action, feeling, and awareness among a group of people. Using observations and interviews, this investigation explores the ways four basketball teams used players’ bodies to create such a plural self, transforming autonomous individuals into interconnected, deindividualize…
First-Person Singular and Plural: Strategies for Managing Ego- And Sociocentrism in Four Basketball Teams
John Hewitt has argued that because American culture sees individualism and collectivism as two valued but opposed alternatives, it encourages Americans to construct their identities pragmatically. This study examines the specific forms that pragmatic strategy takes in a collectivist context: membership on a basketball team. Using a semiotic conception of self, the author analyzes team members' use of personal pronouns. Taking "I" to indicate an …
Creating the plural self: Athletic teams’ use of members’ bodies
Galatzer‐Levy and Cohler's (1993) definition of “ self” allows for the possibility of a “ plural self,” that is, moments when an individual locates the center of initiative for action, feeling, and awareness among a group of people. Using observations and interviews, this investigation explores the ways four basketball teams used players’ bodies to create such a plural self, transforming autonomous individuals into interconnected, deindividualize…
First-Person Singular and Plural: Strategies for Managing Ego- And Sociocentrism in Four Basketball Teams
John Hewitt has argued that because American culture sees individualism and collectivism as two valued but opposed alternatives, it encourages Americans to construct their identities pragmatically. This study examines the specific forms that pragmatic strategy takes in a collectivist context: membership on a basketball team. Using a semiotic conception of self, the author analyzes team members' use of personal pronouns. Taking "I" to indicate an …
Basketball (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Plural (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Self (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works)